The police are looking for a pair of scooter-riding bandits who allegedly robbed several women on the Upper West Side last month.
The perpetrators, according to cops, conducted three robberies during the last week of June while riding a two-wheeled scooter.
The first incident allegedly took place on Monday, June 26 at around 4:15 p.m. when the pair targeted a 56-year-old woman who was riding a bicycle in the vicinity of Central Park West and West 63rd Street. The suspects approached the woman, police said, and removed a basket containing a wallet from the bicycle before fleeing on West 65th Street. The victim was not hurt.
Fifteen minutes later, the suspects allegedly approached a 65-year-old woman while on their scooter who was walking in the vicinity of West 66th Street and Riverside Avenue. The suspects, cops said, snatched a wallet and cellphone from the victim’s hands before fleeing in an unknown direction. The woman was not injured.
The following day, at around 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, the suspects allegedly targeted a 42-year-old woman who was walking in the vicinity of West End Avenue and West 88th Street. The suspects punched the woman in the face, cops said, with a closed fist and ripped her phone out of her hand before fleeing. The victim declined medical attention at the scene.
Police released video footage and photos of the suspects.
Anyone with information in regard to these robberies is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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